This blog is for all you authors out there—and there are far too many of you—who have lost your editors or who have had your books orphaned. I’ve been thinking a lot about you as I’ve settled into my new job as editorial director of Carolrhoda Books and Carolrhoda Lab, Lerner Publishing Group’s trade fiction […]Read more "A Shout-Out to Orphaned Authors"

Last weekend in the Twin Cities was seriously hot with off-the-hook humidity, but we Lerners still had plenty of fun! On Sunday, July 26, St. Paul Saints pitcher Kramer Sneed read John Coy’s Hoop Genius to a group of about 50 young fans. What a perfect book for ball game lovers! (Okay, baseball and basketball aren’t […]Read more "Weekend Recap"

One of my favorite pleasures of summertime is perusing local produce at food co-ops, farmers’ markets, and the pop-up fruit-and-veggie stands that are ubiquitous at this time of year. There are baskets of fragrantly sweet, seed-bespeckled strawberries. Bundles of buttery, crispy-soft spinach leaves. Piles of simultaneously fresh, earthy, and savory-smelling tomatoes. In celebration of summer’s […]Read more "Celebrating Nature’s Bounty"

Time for Free Book Friday! First, congratulations to Bonnie Taylor, who’s won Blazing Courage. Bonnie, please email us at publicity@lernerbooks.com to claim you prize. This week, enter to win two Brian P. Cleary books: They’re There on Their Vacation and Bow-Tie Pasta: Acrostic Poems. Meet the Tuckabees. They’re going on vacation. They choose the wackiest destinations for […]Read more "Free Book Friday: Brian P. Cleary!"

It’s Free Book Friday! This week, enter to win Blazing Courage, the first book in Kelly Milner Halls’ Animal Rescues series. Since getting a job at Top Tier stables, Annie has had her mind set on just one thing: earning enough money to buy a horse of her own. When she reaches her savings goal, she […]Read more "Free Book Friday + #ILA15"

I’ve been working on a lot of series planning lately. That means I’m mostly focusing on 2016, even though publicly, we’re just about to launch our F15 season. One of the tricky projects I’ve been considering is what kinds of books to add to our long-running Lightning Bolt Books brand. Lightning Bolt can cover social […]Read more "Lightning Bolt Books and planning for the future"

So sometime right around last winter/early spring, I was doing a quality check on the pages for What’s Great about Vermont? (cover pictured). You guys, the ground outside was frozen. I was dreaming about summer—that glorious season of warm weather and vacations that we mercifully find ourselves in the middle of right now. Can you […]Read more "Best. Vacation. Ever."

Happy Friday, everyone, and especially Monica Horn! She’s won A Spectacular Selection of Sea Critters. Monica, send an email to publicity@lernerbooks.com with your address so that we can get your book in the mail. We hope you all had a good week! On Wednesday, we celebrated the release of The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book at Mother […]Read more "The Nitty-Gritty Gardening Book Launch Party Recap"